Don't land a $900,000 Grumman Albatross w/ a brand new avionics package on the Colorado river near Laughlin NV with the drain plugs out. No it wasn't me, yes I almost cried when I saw it sink and the only funny part of the whole sad story is the owner/pilot was taking his seaplane check ride with his flight instructor and an FFA official.

Do remember to put the clutch spring back in the bike in the proper direction - in a BMW airhead that is. Feels like shit when you pull the level. Feels worse as you pull the tranny out just to turn it around.

Do remember to PROPERLY pre-form the rear main seal on you 1981 BMW r80g/s. Improperly forming the seal CAN result in a small tear in the sealing surface allowing high pressure oil to cascade from the back of the engine.

Do remember to clean all of the old gasket material off of the timing chain cover on your BMW airhead engine. Doubling up the gasket on one 1.5 inch long segment of the cover allows a lot of oil to escape.

When assembling a Harbor Freight trailer kit, lay all the seemingly identical red frame rail sections out in your driveway. Double check that everything's there & how it fits up before you start torquing down the bolts.

"Awwww crap! This one goes up there? Where's THAT one go then? And wtf is THIS?"

So I'm sitting on the floor working on the bike. I put the air filter back in and have some of that sticky red PJ-1 filter oil on my fingers.

I reach above my head and feel around on the bench for the carb cleaner and a rag, grab it and spray my hand.. only to look down and see I'd grabbed the PJ-1 instead so now my entire hand was dripping in sticky red filter oil. :huh

So I put the PJ-1 down on the floor, reach above my head again for the carb cleaner, grab it and give my hand a good soaking... only too look at my hand and now find it covered in sticky white Bel-Ray chain lube on top of the sticky red PJ-1.

I reach up a 3rd time...
Did I mention my finger nails are now filthy?